This next song is also gonna be on theOn this record and it's a, it's a tragic story of losing one's love toA pinball machine and jukebox that plays nothin' butDolly Parton and Porter WagonerIt's called Amarillo(One, two, three, four, one)My baby never was the cheatin' kindBut it wasn't 'cause the ladies didn't tryNow everywhere we goThey're walkin' 'round him slowGivin' him a flutter and a sighNow I got him past that redhead in AtlantaLord, I walked all over that black-eyed cajun queenBut outside of Amarillo, he found his thrill, I'll tell youI lost him to a jukebox and a pinball machineOh, Amarillo, what'd you want my baby for?Oh, Amarillo, now he won't come home no moreWell, you done played a trick on meNow you hooked him in the first degreeWhile he put another quarterPush Dolly and then PorterWhile he racks up fifty thousand on the pinball machineIf we only hadn't stopped in there for coffeeIf someone hadn't played, The Window Up AboveOh, he'd still be mine todayBut he heard those fiddles playOne look and then I knew this must be loveOh, that pinball machine was in the cornerWell, he saw the lights and he had to hear 'em ringAnd he never was the same after he won his first free gameWell, I lost him to a jukebox and a pinball machineOh, Amarillo, what'd you want my baby for?Oh, Amarillo, now he won't come home no moreYou done played a trick on meNow you hooked him in the first degreeWhile he put another quarterPush Dolly and then PorterWhile he racks up fifty thousand on the pinball machineOh, Amarillo, what'd you want my baby for?Oh, Amarillo, now he won't come home no moreYou done played a trick on meNow you hooked him in the first degreeWhile he put another quarterPush Dolly and then PorterWhile he racks up fifty thousand on the pinball machine
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Emmylou Harris (Birmingham, Alabama, 2 de abril de 1947) es una cantautora de country estadounidense. Además de su trabajo como solista y componente de algunas bandas, en las que cantaba tanto canciones de otros compositores como suyas propias, también ha…
